Perspectives

execution law
Long before the execution law, Palestinian prisoners have faced death through torture, neglect, & abuse behind Israel's prison walls, writes Ichrak Krouna.
A woman checks a social media post on her mobile phone featuring an image that appears to show an Israeli soldier hitting a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese Christian village of Debl, in Beirut on April 20, 2026. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed "harsh action" on April 20 against a soldier caught on camera vandalising a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon. The photo, which the military determined was authentic after it spread online, shows an Israeli soldier using a sled
Israel wants you to believe the desecration of Jesus' statue in Lebanon is a lone-wolf incident. Zoom out, and you'll find disdain from the top down.
Italy
Following Gaza genocide, the EU–Israel Association Agreement exposes Europe’s eroding credibility as a defender of human rights, writes Tamam Abusalama.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd-R), accompanied by U.S. State Department Counselor Michael Needham (C), and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa (R), speaks as they begin working-level peace talks with Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter at the U.S. State Department on April 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. In their first direct diplomatic talks in more than 30 years, Lebanon and Israel are preparing negotiations to potentially end Isra
If Lebanon does not set clear objectives and mobilize its leverage in negotiations with Israel, it may end up like the Palestinian Authority, argues Mona Deeley
death p
Fadel Abdulghany argues that Israel’s new death penalty law deepens an apartheid-like legal system imposed on Palestinians under occupation.
META
Meta is monetising Israeli settlement and violence against Palestinians, while suppressing their voices online, warns Jalal Abukhater.
Algeria
US-Israel war on Iran is driving Europe towards Algerian gas, boosting Algiers’ geopolitical clout despite entrenched corruption, writes Abdelkader Cheref.
US
Far from calculated strategy, the US' war on Iran exposed disarray, ideological extremism, and the erosion of its global credibility, writes Alex Foley.
police uk
UK government amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill will strengthen draconian anti-protest laws & the criminalisation of solidarity, argues J. Rosenhead.
Israel
Israel faces rising economic strains from the war on Iran, yet the public, media and politicians still back further escalation, writes Abed Abou Shhadeh.